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Home » TACA » Nearly Denied Boarding on TACA…and this wasn’t an oversell situation
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Nearly Denied Boarding on TACA…and this wasn’t an oversell situation

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 20, 2010 5 Comments

I guess it was a bad idea to identify myself as a blogger and start taking pictures onboard my TACA flight from San Salvador to Washington Dulles earlier this evening.

The way the purser ran into the cockpit to "rat me out" to the Captain was disconcerting. Maybe it was the fact that I haven’t shaved in a week?

I made back to the States, but not before a good scolding for violating "security policy" by taking pictures onboard. I wonder if the UA and TACA pursers went to the same training school? You know, the one where you get to make up your own rules…

Full report with pictures later in the week. Overall, I was pleased with TACA.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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5 Comments

  1. gluedtothewindow Reply
    April 21, 2010 at 4:11 am

    Sounds like you had a bit of a rough end-of-trip

  2. Sean Reply
    May 1, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    When are you going to post the trip report?

  3. Matthew Reply
    May 2, 2010 at 12:32 am

    @Sean: Finals exams next week and the week after, but I’ll get to it as soon as I can. The pictures are already uploaded on the server!

    I discuss my TACA flights and trip in general on this week’s podcast: http://upgrd.com/upgrd/upgrd-62-eyjafjallajokull.html

  4. Patrick Reply
    November 11, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Did you ask if you could take pictures?

  5. Matthew Reply
    November 11, 2013 at 11:46 pm

    @Patrick: Yes.

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